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The combined effects of Rain on Pollution, Gravity and Commonsense.

It’s raining, again, and through empirically derived results we see once again that rain enhances stupidity. Although the subjects for analysis are based locally, the same laws will probably apply anywhere in the world to greater or lesser degrees,... ...full story at Sinocidal

from Sinocidal on Wed, Dec 12 2007

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17 Aug 09 visit Air pollution may cause severe drought in north  »  People's Daily As severe drought threatens crops in northern China, a new study has suggested air pollution could be reducing valuable rainfall. "Besides the health effects, acid rain and other problems that pollution creates, this work suggests that reducing air...
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03 Aug 08 visit A little drizzle won’t frazzle Olympic ceremony  »  Countdown to Beijing Olympic organisers are praying that it doesn’t rain on the athletes’ parade at next Friday’s opening ceremony, but a little drizzle might in fact add some fizzle to the lavish show. “The lighting effects will be more beautiful with...
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